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HelpSimon Erasmus and Amadea Mariel
in reply to a message by Cristina_es
... Although I would also be tempted to name the girl Daphne Susanna.
The reference to Christian figures in the mns (Mary, St. Erasmus, the scholar Erasmus) and water (Stella Maris; St. Erasmus as the patron saint of sailors) in the middle names is intensional. My husband I live few feet from water and are aspiring sailors ... We'd like to live on a boat and travel with any future children. So the ocean is a big part of our lives.
The alternate name, Daphne Susanna, would be a way for me to use a favorite first name and to honor my mother and mother-in-law Suzanne and Susan.
The reference to Christian figures in the mns (Mary, St. Erasmus, the scholar Erasmus) and water (Stella Maris; St. Erasmus as the patron saint of sailors) in the middle names is intensional. My husband I live few feet from water and are aspiring sailors ... We'd like to live on a boat and travel with any future children. So the ocean is a big part of our lives.
The alternate name, Daphne Susanna, would be a way for me to use a favorite first name and to honor my mother and mother-in-law Suzanne and Susan.
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Simon Erasmus is very smart sounding.
Amadea Mariel sounds quite flighty in comparison. I think I'd quite like the name Daphne Maris, so you get a favourite in with the nice water reference, keeping the Biblical aspect too.
Amadea Mariel sounds quite flighty in comparison. I think I'd quite like the name Daphne Maris, so you get a favourite in with the nice water reference, keeping the Biblical aspect too.
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It is interesting that you find Amadea Mariel flighty. I'll have to see if it strikes other people that way. If so, then I'd probably want to change it.
Curious: Does Amadea bug you or is "Mariel" the problem?
Daphne Maris is quite pretty.
Curious: Does Amadea bug you or is "Mariel" the problem?
Daphne Maris is quite pretty.
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I think it's the long As in the combo. It seems very now, as in Layla and Kayla and other long A names are popular. Nothing is inherently wrong with it, it just seems very different to sturdious Simon.
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Ah, that makes sense. I tend to like names to be a little bit 'grounded,' and I haven't entirely been sold on this combo & haven't been able to put my finger on why. Maybe that's the reason.
Maybe I need something to counter balance the heavy use of As in Amadea. My first ideas was Daphne Amadea, which accomplishes that goal. My husband likes Amadea first however ....
I am glad that Simon Erasmus has the right feel!
Maybe I need something to counter balance the heavy use of As in Amadea. My first ideas was Daphne Amadea, which accomplishes that goal. My husband likes Amadea first however ....
I am glad that Simon Erasmus has the right feel!
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